Earth Cross Section Diagram

The outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid the radius of the core is just over half the radius of the earth.
Earth cross section diagram. Cross section of the whole earth showing the complexity of paths of earthquake waves. The earth s crust ranges from 5 70 kilometres 3 1 43 5 mi in depth and is the outermost layer. What are the main causes of earthquakes.
The spacing of the sections should depend upon the character of ground and the accuracy required in measurement. Cross section of the earth figure 1. In geology the structure of the interior of a planet is often illustrated using a diagram of a cross section of the planet that passes through the planet s center as in the cross section of earth at right.
Dashed lines marked s are shear waves. The length of the project along the centre line is divided into a series of solids known as prismoids by the planes of cross sections. The thin parts are the oceanic crust which underlie the ocean basins 5 10 km and are composed of dense iron magnesium silicate igneous rocks like basalt the thicker crust is continental crust which is less dense and composed of sodium potassium aluminium silicate rocks like granite.
Earthquakes occur due to sudden movements of rocks in the earth s crust these particular earthquakes are called tectonic. A cross section of a tree trunk as shown at left reveals growth rings that can be used to find the age of the tree and the temporal properties of its environment. Solid lines marked p are compressional waves.
Measurement of volume of earth work from cross sections. The cross section of the earth is a visualization of the composition of the earth in geological terms. Cross section through the earth scientific diagram simplified cross section of the earth according to hirose and lay p fig 1 this diagram of a cross section earth shows structure earth cross section with royalty vector.
This colourful labeling activity asks the children to cut out the labels of an earthquake and glue them onto the correct part of a earthquake cross section. The planet earth is an immensely complicated and dynamic system with many different physical and chemical properties. The paths curve because the different rock types found at different depths change the speed at which the waves travel.